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(Reuters) - John Malone-backed Charter Communications Inc said it would buy Bright House Networks in a $10.4 billion deal as it expands its cable network after losing out to Comcast Corp in a fight for Time Warner Cable Inc. The U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday in a retreat from the previous session's sharp rally, but major indexes remained on track for first-quarter gains and the S&P 500 was set for its ninth straight quarterly rise.

In Detroit tens of thousands of people are facing a deadline today that could cost some of them their homes. That's when homeowners have to make arrangements to either pay delinquent property taxes or risk losing their home at a county auction.

Price growth for single-family homes sold in January slowed slightly, confirming that the housing market has stabilized and is responding to underlying economic forces rather than the chaos of a recession, data released Tuesday by S&P/Case-Shiller ...